Blockchain 101 Onramp: Start Here! Deconstructing the Blockchain Ecosystem

This is the first event in our Blockchain Onramp education series.

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The ecosystem around the blockchain technology is enormously complex. You might have the most familiarity with trading Bitcoin. Or buying ICOs. Or building DApps. Or perhaps even creating a chain from scratch. All of these are valid -- but very different -- points within this system.

When we're looking ahead at how the technology can be used effectively in the future, the first step is to understand what actually makes up this ecosystem today and where you fit within it.

In this event, we'll take you from the highest level to the practical by examining what makes up the blockchain ecosystem and, ultimately, where the biggest opportunities for product, design and development lie.

About the Blockchain Onramp Series

Blockchain Onramp is a series of events covering the full spectrum of knowledge necessary to operate effectively within the blockchain ecosystem as a designer, developer or product person. After participating in these events, you should be able to take your functional expertise in any of these areas and apply them to blockchain projects.

We are doing this to provide a key -- and currently missing -- plain-English onramp for people of all functional experience who are interested in building real businesses on this new technology.

The format of each event may differ slightly but they will be a combination of expert talks and discussions with industry practitioners.

The rough Blockchain Onramp Series roadmap is:

• Product Series: Ecosystem, DApps and Strategy
• Design Series: Onboarding UX, Best Practices
• Development Series: Developer stack, Building on TestNets, Security, Best Practices
• Startup Series: Marketing, Business Models, and Fundraising

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6:30 - 7:00pm: Welcome

7:00 - 8:00pm: Blockchain Onramp talk

8:00 - 8:30pm: Q+A and discussion

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Erik Trautman leads operations at NEAR Protocol, which is a scalable mobile-first blockchain. He has a long history in technical education: he started the popular Odin Project in 2012 and ran Viking Education as its CEO until its acquisition in 2017.